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Mike Reader MP outside Downing Street.

MP threatened with stabbing after confronting passenger playing loud music

Minister for Housing and Planning Matthew Pennycook (picture: Press Association), left, and leader of West Northamptonshire Council, Councillor Mark Arnull

Reform council welcomes planning inspector's visit amid row over Local Plan

Mike Reader outside Downing Street.

Government changes to stop 'ripping off' drivers welcomed by MP

Road repairs are finally being carried out in Kings Heath

Estate to have ‘frustrating’ pothole problem fixed months after urgent calls

Councillor Mark Arnull

Local Plan consultation WNC tried to scrap opens after Government intervention

Councillor Mark Arnull

Council formally challenges Government over Local Plan intervention

Parents went on a protest march earlier this month, supported by Councillor Sally Keeble

‘Cast iron case’ for secondary school argues councillor after publishing report

Mike Reader MP is calling on the Government to ‘look seriously at bringing a lido to Northampton’ (Pic: Mike Reader petition / change.org)

MP launches petition to bring outdoor swimming pool to Northampton

Councillors Mark Arnull and Sally Keeble

‘Political hypocrisy’ versus ‘reckless decision’: Leader and opposition hit out

West Northamptonshire Council leader Reform Cllr Mark Arnull

Reform scraps Local Plan to ‘get it right’ as opposition brands move ‘reckless’

Parents and children from Dallington Grange have marched 3.5 miles to show the journey pupils could face to school after plans for a new secondary school were scrapped.

Parents and children march 3.5 miles in protest over scrapped school plans

Councillor Mark Arnull

‘Faintly ridiculous’: Reform leader responds to claims over Labour meetings

Recent images of Martins Yard

Site branded one of the town’s worst fly-tipping spots put up for rent

Pictures of the site taken this month (August)

Councillor calls for ‘urgent action’ over fly-tipping, fires and rough sleeping

Mike Reader MP outside local pub

MP tells council it can ‘no longer ignore’ vape and betting shops

Labour group leader, Cllr Sally Keeble, hopes the station can continue if it receives further funding.

Councillor says ‘independent local radio is more important than ever’
A Northampton councillor has called on supporters to help NLive as its funding comes to an end.
Laura Kearns

Chronicle & Echo's dashcam footage shows large craters and badly deteriorating road surfaces across a number of streets

Calls for action over potholes in 'overlooked' Northampton estate

Labour MPs in Northamptonshire have spoken out on Keir Starmer's recent announcement that he will resign as Prime Minister. Credit: House of Commons

Northamptonshire MPs share their views on Keir Starmer's resignation

One Angel Square, West Northamptonshire Council offices.
Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

Council homelessness policy called in for review amid concerns

Democracy And Standards Committee meeting in One Angel Square Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS

Freedom of speech proposal dropped despite clash at council meeting over rules

Concerns have been raised over idling ice cream vans operating near the children’s playground at Abington Park

Call for electric hook-ups to stop ice cream vans idling at popular park

Reform councillor Nigel Berrill has spoken out against his own party’s plans to introduce three-weekly bin collections across West Northamptonshire, as criticism of the proposals grows.

Reform councillor speaks out against his own party over black bin proposals

One Angel Square offices for West Northamptonshire Council.

More speculative planning applications 'expected'

Drivers have reported petrol and diesel prices climbing in recent days, with experts warning the cost could rise further.

Northampton's major supermarkets decline to comment on fuel prices increase

Cllr Anthony Owens

Political opinion - Healthcare in Northamptonshire: A Crisis We Must Address.

The West Northants Labour group will be putting forward plans for concessionary bus passes for school students in its opposition budget proposals.

Proposal to save families up to 25 percent on bus passes for school children

Labour group leader Cllr Sally Keeble has criticised proposals by Reform-led West Northamptonshire Council that could see charges rise by up to 50 per cent for some residents in council-run care homes

WNC slammed over plans to hike care home charges by up to 50%
The Reform-led West Northamptonshire Council has been slammed over plans to hike pensioner’s care home charges by up to per cent.
Logan MacLeod

Luke Bavester, landlord of the Old Red Lion in Kislingbury and The Sheaf in West Haddon, has spoken out about the pressures facing pubs as business rates rise, and why a pint might be getting a bit more expensive.

Pub landlord says industry is ‘under attack’ as bills skyrocket

Deaf Connect’s centre in Dallington Spencer, Northampton, which has served hundreds of deaf and hard of hearing people each week

150-year-old charity supporting deaf people closes amid £300k financial crisis

The Local Plan is a key document shaping the future of development across West Northamptonshire up to 2043 (WNC)

Thousands of new homes planned for towns and villages across West Northants

Mike Reader MP receiving his fellowship in UK Infrastructure

Northampton South MP Mike Reader wins four national awards for work on growth an...

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St Andrew's Hospital and, inset, leader of the Labour group on WNC, Sally Keeble.

Labour leader demands answers from council over St Andrew’s Hospital failures

South Northamptonshire Member of Parliament, Sarah Bool

Political opinion: Sarah Bool MP hails Conservatives plan to abolish business ra...

Mr. Reader explaining to the children what the role of an MP is.

Mike Reader, Labour MP, visits St Andrew's CEVA Primary School

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage referenced WNC's plans to close asylum seeker hotels in the county at PMQs on Tuesday.
Credit: House of Commons

'Nigel Farage is using Northants to score political points' - Labour claims

West Northamptonshire Labour leader, Sally Keeble (right), has criticised the new NHS care models.

Labour leader criticises care pilot for 'missing out people in greatest need'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street, ahead of the forthcoming Budget. Reeves has warned that 'each of us must do our bit', signalling possible tax rises (Photo: WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves says 'each of us must do our bit' — what it may cost you

TC Group's Autumn Budget event in Northampton, Thursday 27 November

Breaking down the Autumn Budget with TC Group

The proposals include a six-storey car park with 854 spaces, a 100-room hotel, and up to 280 flats, 35 per cent of which would be affordable housing. The council is looking to take on the lease of the car park.

Decision delayed on major plans to build new car park, hotel and flats

Northampton MPs Mike Reader and Lucy Rigby have welcomed the return of Sure Start-style services

Northampton MPs welcome the return of Sure Start

The brownfield land (pictured), once home to part of the Northampton to Peterborough railway line and a former landfill, has been earmarked for redevelopment for years. Credit: Arrun Day

Construction begins on 217 new homes at end of busy residential road

Council-employed food standards teams rate premises on things like cleanliness and safe storage of food, through a scale of zero to five

Council battling backlog of over 2,000 of food hygiene inspections

Cllr Keeble (left) says the plans (right) will deliver a “worse deal for rail users” and block the development of a rail-bus interchange at the station – something she described as “of strategic importance for Northampton.”

Train station redevelopment 'could be another bus station fiasco', says cllr

Picture of Mike Reader MP.

Mike Reader MP and Lucy Rigby MP secure

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the Government's annual budget to Parliament on October 30, 2024 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves announces 2025 Autumn Budget date - what to expect

Mike Reader MP speaking in the chamber on e-scooters

Mike Reader MP takes action on e-scooter nuisance in Northampton

The Kings Heath football pitches partially fenced off for the new road, with the right-hand side affected by construction works.

Councillor 'astonished' after 'bulldozing' of children's football pitches

Nadine Shah is among the acts performing at Greenbelt

Nadine Shah, Brian Eno and Jeremy Corbyn among Greenbelt Festival acts

The plan aims to to provide long-term vision of how the town centre will evolve in the next decade-and-a-half, alongside the major regeneration projects currently planned.

No plans to further extend consultation for masterplan despite calls from Labour

Cllr Sally Keeble (pictured) has responded to a statement from Reform council leader Cllr Mark Arnull on 8 August about the use of hotels, like the Ibis in Crick (pictured) to accommodate asylum seekers in the area. Credit: Google/Nadia Lincoln

Labour criticises Reform for ‘divisive’ statement about migrant hotel schemes

Kingswood House, on The Avenue in Cliftonville, will be converted into five HMO flats following council approval in May 2025

Labour calls on council to introduce tighter restrictions on HMOs in town

Lucy Rigby KC MP, Member of Parliament for Northampton North

Political Opinion: Lucy Rigby Column: Everyone deserves to feel safe in our town

Report Author Poppy Bramford, Enginuity Policy Manager

Nine in 10 SMEs say labour costs risk driving up prices

Cllr Rosie Humphreys has led a call-in to review the Cabinet's decision to scrap net zero targets. Credit: Nadia Lincoln LDRS / WNC

West Northants councillors call in Reform's decision to scrap net zero

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